分ぶん割かつ統とう治ち法ほう

noun

divide and conquer

Computing term for an algorithm design paradigm that recursively breaks a problem into sub-problems, solves them, and combines the results.

• 分ぶん割かつ統とう治ち法ほうは、ソートアルゴリズムの設せっ計けいでよく使つかわれる。

  Divide and conquer is often used in the design of sorting algorithms.